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Re: The NYC ballot |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Tue Nov 4 11:38:25 2025, in response to Re: The NYC ballot, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Nov 4 10:24:17 2025. I don't think that requiring ID to vote would be a major burden1. It would be unconstitutional, unless such a required ID were freely and universally available. If there were a charge, like a driver's license or equivalent ID from DMV/s, it would constitute a poll tax. Any payments as a voting requirement were repealed by the 24th Amendment to wit: The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. 2. Unlike many countries, the United States does not require people to carry an identity card. Most civil libertarians view the lack of such requirement as a basic liberty. If a voter ID card were required and the lack of identity card carrying were to be simultaneously maintained, then the voter ID could not be used for any purpose other than voting. There is a precedent. Every US male citizen over 18 was required to carry Selective Service registration and classification cards. By law, these cards could not be used to establish identification with any other agency. |
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